So how has Tina managed to put the past behind her so successfully? She and Ryan – who played her on-screen husband Jason Grimshaw – split in 2009, a year after welcoming daughter Scarlett.

She explains: ‘It’s taken a lot of years and a lot of biting my tongue. Seriously, though, it’s mainly down to Adam and Ryan.

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‘It helps that everyone has moved on and is in a happy place. Ryan is really happy and we are happy, so there aren’t any issues.

‘For the sake of Scarlett, it has been well worth preserving [our relationship] and choosing our battles.

‘[These can be] small things, such as Ryan not liking Scarlett wearing nail varnish when I’ve put it on her, or the times when he has brought her back late.

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‘But it’s about finding your middle ground and getting on with each other. It’s also realising that, at the end of the day, they are daft, petty things. [It’s fine] as long as we can get past it, and everyone has got the end goal of trying to make it work for Scarlett.

‘To be honest, a lot of it stems from Adam being so laid-back and brilliant. There have been times where I’ve called Adam and said: “Oh right, you’re there with Ryan?” Adam is amazing. He is one in a million.’

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She says: ‘It could have been really, really awful, but it genuinely wasn’t. Beforehand, I did have a moment where I thought: “This could be really awkward.” but Ryan was fine, Adam was fine and Scarlett was very happy.